WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas — Multiple reports of drones being flown over neighborhoods, federal and military properties in the White Settlement, Texas, area Tuesday night have prompted an investigation by police.

What You Need To Know

  • Police are investigating after drones were spotted in no-fly zones in the White Settlement, Texas, area Tuesday night 

  • Police received initial reports at 8:14 p.m. Those were followed by reports at 8:54 p.m. and 10:21 p.m. 

  • White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook said the drones flew over federal and military properties 

  • The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily restricted unmanned aerial systems over parts of New Jersey following weeks of drone sightings 

White Settlement police are working with the FBI, Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Air Force to determine who was piloting the aircraft and what the flight trajectories were.

According to a post on X by White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook, the department received initial reports at 8:14 p.m. Tuesday.

Officers saw the drones in no-fly zones and began coordinating with the military to locate the pilot.

Additional drones were reported at 8:54 p.m. and 10:21 p.m.

“As a reminder, the City of White Settlement and adjacent areas near federal and military properties are ‘NO FLY ZONES’ due to being a military operation area in the national airspace,” Cook wrote.

Cook said that it’s not believed that the drones posed any immediate threat.

The sightings in Texas come as concern over weeks of unexplained sightings in New Jersey reaches a fever pitch. On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it is temporarily restricting unmanned aerial systems over 22 parts of New Jersey.

Residents in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut have also reported seeing drones in night skies recently.

The FAA on Tuesday said the drone sightings are a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as fixed-wing helicopters and stars mistakenly reported as drones.

The FAA said in a statement that the drones do not appear to present a national security or public safety risk over New Jersey or any other states.

The FBI said it has received about 5,000 reports of drone sightings in the last few weeks.

Spectrum News’ Susan Carpenter contributed to this report.